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Have you checked White-throated Sparrows (the tan striped phase)


Andrew Longtin
New Hope, Minnesota
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Melanie Thomson wrote in message <37FA7292.2E791BFC@idirect.com>...
|Hi all!
|
|I live in a residential neighborhood in Toronto, and have been very
|pleased and surprised with the variety of birds that I've seen over the
|past summer.  Yesterday, I had about 4 or 5 Juncos.  First time since
|early spring.  Along with them were some brown birds that looked
|something like sparrows.  They seemed to be "hanging out" with the
|Juncos,  They ate on the ground rather than on the feeders like all of
|the other millions of house sparrows.  They had distinctive stripes on
|their head, a darker brown/black and a lighter beige-yellow color.  I
|can't find an exact match in my bird guide - the closest I could come is
|either a white-crowned or sparrow or a dickissel.
|
|Can anyone help me out?
|
|Thanks,
|Melanie
|
|Leon Fisk wrote:
|>
|> So for this year we have had the following:
|>
|> White-crowned Sparrows (just this past week)
|> Red-breasted Nuthatch (around the first of Sept)
|>
|> The latter (RBN) was a pleasant suprise. They are probably my
|> all time favorite bird ;-) We never had any last year :-(
|>
|> I was really proud of having seen these at Seny in our UP here
|> last month while on vacation. When I got back home and told my
|> Mom, she told me that they had just started showing up at our
|> feeder. This is the earliest we have noticed them here. They
|> have become a regular visitor again now.
|>
|> Haven't seen any Junco's here yet though. Any one else seen
|> them and how far south?
|>
|> Leon Fisk
|> Grand Rapids  MI
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